kwame holman explains. kwame? >> holman: judy sets the scene for a possible season of negative campaigning. her blog post is on our politics page. also, you can watch paul's earlier story about the futuristic inventions at singularity university. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> citi. supporting progress for 200 years. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs stat

kwame holman explains. kwame? >> holman: at 1:00 p.m. eastern thursday, gwen will be fielding your questions on politics and more. find the details on the washington week-hosted chat on our homepage. also, we start a three-day series on women in the sciences with a look at the gender gap in engineering and computer science. that's on our science page. and ray suarez filed a post on his experience speaking with new mexico students struggling to finish high school. that's on the rundown. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at the senate's move to solve the i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> citi turns 200 this year. in that time, there have been some good days and some difficult ones. but through it all, we persevered. supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our

kwame holman explains. kwame? >> holman: we profile a retired veteran who spent much of his life without insurance, and opposes the reform effort. we have his story as the supreme court weighs the new law. find that on our health page. also, see photos of this year's top ten green buildings, as decided by the american institute of architects. that's on paul solman's making sense page. and on our world page, we examine whether the viral kony 2012 campaign to raise awareness about a ugandan warlord lived up to its hype. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> woodruff: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the afghanistan conflict. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are 11 more. >> suarez: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at arizona's tough immigration law, being challenged this week at the supreme court. i'rasuarez. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and a

kwame holman explains. kwame. >> holman: share your stories of student loan debt by answering a questionnaire from the public insight network. find a link on the "rundown." plus, tonight's edition of "need to know" examines the rising sea levels and sinking land in a city on the atlantic coast. here's an excerpt. >> north of virginia is a historic coastal city nestled on the chesapeake basically it's got beautiful old homes, a world-class art museum and miles of water front property. but the city another distinction it would rather not have. according to the federal government, norfolk is also one of the city's most at risk from sea level rise. what used to be occasional floods now happen a lot more often. it used to take big storms to shut down parts of the city. now just some rain and a seasonal high tide can turn neighborhood streets into canals. >> flooding has, i mean its with a phenomena that occurred with big storms, not on a daily basis, not just when high tides came, not just when full moons got he

kwame holman explains. >> holman: use our an interactive graphic to find home prices in major u.s.on paul solman's "making sense" page. on our world page, our pakistan series continues as we interview an opposition politician hoping to become the country's next prime minister. plus on "art beat," see more of nick cave's sound suits. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll look at wall street after the financial crisis. plus, the results from tonight's primaries. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> citi. supporting progress for 200 years. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to y

. >> ifill: kwame holman remembers veteran interviewer and "60 minutes" icon mike wallace, and we talk with two of his cbs colleagues, morley safer and executive producer jeff fager. >> brown: plus judy woodruff gets a rare inside look at a japanese national treasure, a collection of 18th-century silk paintings. sensitive diplomatic and cultural negotiations. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: all in realtime. it's the at&t network. providing new ways to work together so business works better. >> bnsf railway. >> citi. supporting progress for 200 years. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the conflict in syria threatened to spread today, as plans for a cease-fire appeared close to collapsing. syr

. >> brown: kwame holman reports on the investigation into the scandal at the general services administration over a lavish las vegas conferce bled taxpayers. >> it goes beyond public trust. it goes beyond the thought that how can we get to a point of that type of selfishness, when others are being asked to do more with less. and to be honest with you, it actually makes me sick to my stomach. >> woodruff: we look at the vatican's reprimand of american nuns, accusing them of radical feminist views incompatible with the catholic faith. >> brown: the daily download looks at the presidential campaigns and social media. tonight's focus: using google searches to target voters. >>oodruff: margaret warner talks with british journalist and author edward luce-- his new book offers a sobering account of america in decline. >> brown: and spencer michels has the story of an artist who's created a new army of chinese terra cotta warriors. >> well, the first thing i said to myself was "wow, this is beautiful." >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been

kwame holman explains. kwame? >> holman: judy sets the scene for a possible season of negative campaigning. her blog post is on our politics page. also, you can watch paul's earlier story about the futuristic inventions at singularity university. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields d david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our ecomy for 160 ars. bn, the engine that connects us. >> citi. supporting progress for 200 years. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from

here's kwame holman. >> holman: the u.s. economy is growing at a moderate pace, but still is at risk from weakness in europe. the federal reserve gave that assessment today, after a two-day meeting. it also held firm to its plan to keep short-term interest rates low, at least through late 2014. fed chairman ben bernanke said the fed is not planning any further stimulus, but it is keeping close watch. >> we remain entirely prepared to take additional actions if necessary to achieve our objectives. so those tools remain very much on the table and we will not hesitate to use them should the economy require that additional support. >> holman: on wall street, stocks made new gains, powered by strong earnings from apple and other major companies. the dow jones industrial average gained 89 points to close at 13,090. the nasdaq rose 68 points to close at 3,029. britons got the grim word today that their economy has fallen back into recession. economic output slipped at the start of the year, for the second quarter in a row. that lef